Through strong educational programs, faculty and staff initiatives, productive research activity, and engagement with the community, SOIS is committed to research excellence. We invite you to become a part of our interdisciplinary community of scholars as we advance research and education in Information Science.
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Publications and Research
SOIS ranks 4th Internationally and 2nd in the U.S./Canada in contributions to LIS Literature.
Learn more about the ranking above and our faculty and staff initiatives, teaching specializations and research interests by topic.
Book Publications
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Metadata for Digital Collections
By: Steven Miller (Lecturer Emeritus)
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Discover Digital Libraries Theory and Practice
By: Dr. Iris Xie
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Measuring Scholarly Impact
Methods and Practice
By: Dr. Dietmar Wolfram
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The Library’s Legal Answers for Maker Spaces
By: Tomas Lipinski